Embracing Your Shadow - Chua Kok Yee
1. Who is the protagonist's wife? (Rose)
2. What beverage has she made for the both of them? (Milo)
3. How long have they been married? (twelve years)
4. Who is their neighbour? (Mr. Wong and family)
5. How many tables are there for their wedding dinner? (fifty)
6. Who is their best man? (Woon)
7. When did the protagonist see the 'other woman' before he marries his wife? (six years)
8. What is the name of the protagonist's daughter? (Luna)
Thieving Daughter - Chua Kok Yee
1. What is the protagonist cooking? (Singapore fried mee-hoon)
2. Who is her daughter? (Aisya)
3. Who is the daughter's boyfriend? (Kamal)
4. What is the name of the narrator? (Kak Noor)
5. What does she find in her daughter's wadrobe? (a sexy black dress)
6. How did the narrator's husband die? (an accident)
7. How did the narrator's parents die? (a road accident)
Sambal Without Anchovies - Chua Kok Yee
1. What is the name of Hanif's food stall? (Nasi Lemak Pak Samad)
2. Where is the stall located? (opposite a police station)
3. How old is the stall? (twenty-five years)
4. Who are Hanif's brothers? (Harun and Hafiz)
5. Who is Hanif's father? (Pak Samad)
6. Who is Hanif's wife? (Nora)
7. What business does Hanif own? (he has restaurants in Petaling Jaya)
8. Why can't the sambal be kept overnight? (the anchovies will turn soggy)
9. How did Hanif's mother die? (she got hit by a car in a road accident)
10. Where do their banana leaves come from? (Brickfields)
11. What shape are the banana leaves cut into? (squares)
12. What was in Nora's shoebox? (dinner receipts, movie ticket stubs and email letters)
13. What do the banana leaves represent? (Hanif's parents' love letters)
Turning Thirty - Minfong Ho
1. What fruit does the Old One like? (kumquats)
2. Who does the Old One pray to? (Kuan Yin Pusa)
3. What is the name of the maid? (Rosa)
4. Where is she from? (the Phillipines)
5. Where has she previously worked at? (Kuwait)
6. How long has she worked for Ah Liong and Beverly? (four years)
7. Who does she pray to? (Mother Mary)
8. How did Ah Liong's father die? (from a heart attack)
9. Why was Ah Liong suspended from school? (he was caught smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol)
10. What language does Rosa speak? (Tagalog)
11. How much did the jade bracelet cost? (three thousand dollars)
12. How much was the jade bracelet pawned for? (nine hundred dollars)
13. Where did Ah Liong go to for college? (Hwa Chong Junior College)
14. Where did Ah Liong study law? (in London)
15. Where was Ah Liong's first job? (Low, Li and Li)
16. What does the blindfolded statue have in her hands? (a set of scales in one hand and a sword in the other)
17. What does the phrase "liong sum" mean? (kind heart)
18. Which poor persons had Ah Liong taken to represent against heavy odds? (the homeless alcoholic and the unwed teenage mother)
19. What is the name of Ah Liong's child? (Billy)
20. What philanthropy is Beverly involved in? (she is on the board of several children's charities)
Birds of Paradise - Minfong Ho
1. Where is the island located? (The Southern Seas)
2. Who enforces the law on the island? (the Chief Rooster)
3. Where is Lani taken to after being arrested? (the submarine)
6. What are chickens who fly deemed as? (hawks)
7. What was the punishment for the chicken who liked to sing? (her tongue got cut off)
8. What was the punishment for the dancing chicken? (her tail feathers got slashed off)
9. What was the punishment for Lani? (the feathers on her left wing were clipped back)
10. Who said, "you are either for us or you are against us"? (the old Chief Rooster)
11. What did the chicken who liked to sing declare herself as? (an oriole)
12. What did the chicken who liked to dance declare himself as? (a peacock)
13. What did Lani declare herself as? (a skylark)
The Winter Hibiscus - Minfong Ho
1. Where did the Panouvongs migrate from? (Laos)
2. How long have they been in the US? (four years)
3. What does Mrs. Panuovong work as? (dishwasher)
4. Back in Laos, what did she previously work as? (a school teacher)
5. How much money did Saeng get from her mother to spend at McDonald's? (twenty dollars)
6. Where is the refugee camp the Panuovongs escaped from Laos to? (Ban Vinai, Thailand)
7. What flower did Saeng buy? (a winter hibiscus)
8. How much did Saeng spend on that flower? (nineteen dollars)
9. What did Saeng observe in the sky before making up her mind to retake the driving test? (a flock of geese flying in the V-formation)
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Bugga's Advice:
Run through these questions at least once before the test. A good essay would have lots of details in it to prove your knowledge of the text. Also, sometimes it can get messy regarding the names of the characters (Rose, Rosa & Hanif, Harun and Hafiz) as well as how some minor characters die (honestly, using death to build a character's background is so cliché in this anthology), so it's best to have a quick refresher's course.
1. Who is the protagonist's wife? (Rose)
2. What beverage has she made for the both of them? (Milo)
3. How long have they been married? (twelve years)
4. Who is their neighbour? (Mr. Wong and family)
5. How many tables are there for their wedding dinner? (fifty)
6. Who is their best man? (Woon)
7. When did the protagonist see the 'other woman' before he marries his wife? (six years)
8. What is the name of the protagonist's daughter? (Luna)
Thieving Daughter - Chua Kok Yee
1. What is the protagonist cooking? (Singapore fried mee-hoon)
2. Who is her daughter? (Aisya)
3. Who is the daughter's boyfriend? (Kamal)
4. What is the name of the narrator? (Kak Noor)
5. What does she find in her daughter's wadrobe? (a sexy black dress)
6. How did the narrator's husband die? (an accident)
7. How did the narrator's parents die? (a road accident)
Sambal Without Anchovies - Chua Kok Yee
1. What is the name of Hanif's food stall? (Nasi Lemak Pak Samad)
2. Where is the stall located? (opposite a police station)
3. How old is the stall? (twenty-five years)
4. Who are Hanif's brothers? (Harun and Hafiz)
5. Who is Hanif's father? (Pak Samad)
6. Who is Hanif's wife? (Nora)
7. What business does Hanif own? (he has restaurants in Petaling Jaya)
8. Why can't the sambal be kept overnight? (the anchovies will turn soggy)
9. How did Hanif's mother die? (she got hit by a car in a road accident)
10. Where do their banana leaves come from? (Brickfields)
11. What shape are the banana leaves cut into? (squares)
12. What was in Nora's shoebox? (dinner receipts, movie ticket stubs and email letters)
13. What do the banana leaves represent? (Hanif's parents' love letters)
Turning Thirty - Minfong Ho
1. What fruit does the Old One like? (kumquats)
2. Who does the Old One pray to? (Kuan Yin Pusa)
3. What is the name of the maid? (Rosa)
4. Where is she from? (the Phillipines)
5. Where has she previously worked at? (Kuwait)
6. How long has she worked for Ah Liong and Beverly? (four years)
7. Who does she pray to? (Mother Mary)
8. How did Ah Liong's father die? (from a heart attack)
9. Why was Ah Liong suspended from school? (he was caught smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol)
10. What language does Rosa speak? (Tagalog)
11. How much did the jade bracelet cost? (three thousand dollars)
12. How much was the jade bracelet pawned for? (nine hundred dollars)
13. Where did Ah Liong go to for college? (Hwa Chong Junior College)
14. Where did Ah Liong study law? (in London)
15. Where was Ah Liong's first job? (Low, Li and Li)
16. What does the blindfolded statue have in her hands? (a set of scales in one hand and a sword in the other)
17. What does the phrase "liong sum" mean? (kind heart)
18. Which poor persons had Ah Liong taken to represent against heavy odds? (the homeless alcoholic and the unwed teenage mother)
19. What is the name of Ah Liong's child? (Billy)
20. What philanthropy is Beverly involved in? (she is on the board of several children's charities)
Birds of Paradise - Minfong Ho
1. Where is the island located? (The Southern Seas)
2. Who enforces the law on the island? (the Chief Rooster)
3. Where is Lani taken to after being arrested? (the submarine)
6. What are chickens who fly deemed as? (hawks)
7. What was the punishment for the chicken who liked to sing? (her tongue got cut off)
8. What was the punishment for the dancing chicken? (her tail feathers got slashed off)
9. What was the punishment for Lani? (the feathers on her left wing were clipped back)
10. Who said, "you are either for us or you are against us"? (the old Chief Rooster)
11. What did the chicken who liked to sing declare herself as? (an oriole)
12. What did the chicken who liked to dance declare himself as? (a peacock)
13. What did Lani declare herself as? (a skylark)
The Winter Hibiscus - Minfong Ho
1. Where did the Panouvongs migrate from? (Laos)
2. How long have they been in the US? (four years)
3. What does Mrs. Panuovong work as? (dishwasher)
4. Back in Laos, what did she previously work as? (a school teacher)
5. How much money did Saeng get from her mother to spend at McDonald's? (twenty dollars)
6. Where is the refugee camp the Panuovongs escaped from Laos to? (Ban Vinai, Thailand)
7. What flower did Saeng buy? (a winter hibiscus)
8. How much did Saeng spend on that flower? (nineteen dollars)
9. What did Saeng observe in the sky before making up her mind to retake the driving test? (a flock of geese flying in the V-formation)
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Bugga's Advice:
Run through these questions at least once before the test. A good essay would have lots of details in it to prove your knowledge of the text. Also, sometimes it can get messy regarding the names of the characters (Rose, Rosa & Hanif, Harun and Hafiz) as well as how some minor characters die (honestly, using death to build a character's background is so cliché in this anthology), so it's best to have a quick refresher's course.
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